In the 1830s, he served as lieutenant in the Grenadiers Regiment. Of William III's four legitimate children, three reached adulthood, two sons from his marriage to Queen Sophie and one daughter from his marriage to Queen Emma: Standing at 6'5" (196 cm) he was an exceptionally large and strong man by the standards of his age.
His branch of the House of Nassau still governs the Grand Duchy.
William was simpler, more conservative, and loved the military. (koning Willem III) Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk, koning der Nederlanden, groothertog van Luxemburg, prins van Oranje-Nassau, Z.M. Willem III van Oranje werd geboren acht dagen na het plotselinge heengaan van zijn vader, stadhouder Willem II, die aan de pokken overleed.
[5], The king could be erratic, he ordered the dismissal and even the arrest and execution of those that he found in lack of respect, including a Mayor of The Hague. William loathed the 1848 constitutional changes initiated by his father (William II) and Johan Rudolf Thorbecke. Het vaderschap van Willem III staat ter discussie; hij zou op latere leeftijd wegens syfilis geen kinderen hebben kunnen verwekken.
Dutch: Dubbelportret van prins Willem III (1650-1702) en zijn tante Maria, prinses van Oranje (1642- 1688), als kinderen Portrait of William III, Prince of Orange, and Maria, Princess of Orange, as Children After Sophie's death in 1877 he married Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont in 1879 and they had one daughter Wilhelmina, who succeeded William to the Dutch throne. He was also the Duke of Limburg from 1849 until the abolition of the duchy in 1866.
[9][10], William remained eager to remarry. In the first two decades of his reign, he dismissed several cabinets and disbanded the States-General several times, installing royal cabinets which ruled as long as there was support in the elected second chamber of parliament. William married his cousin Sophie of Württemberg in 1839 and they had three sons, William, Maurice, and Alexander, all of whom predeceased him. Hij studeerde in Oxford en ging daarna met de geallieerde troepen meevechten tegen Napoleon, eerst in Spanje, en later in de slagen bij Quatre-Bras… Orders like these were disregarded. He was at that moment a guest of the Duchess of Cleveland in Raby Castle. 5 in the Imperial Russian Army.[3]. He then considered marriage with Princess Pauline of Waldeck and Pyrmont, a small German principality, and Princess Thyra of Denmark, who had her own private scandalous history. To date, he is the last Dutch monarch to die whilst on the throne. Deze was particulier secretaris van koningin Emma en werd later bij Koninklijk Besluit als Jonkheer in de adelstand verheven. von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1680-1735), Friederike Dorothea Sophie von Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736-1798), Friedrich II. S.M.S. [7][8], The king was a man of immense stature and with a boisterous voice. Meanwhile, being the last agnatic dynastic descendant of Otto I, Count of Nassau, the throne of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg passed to his patrilineal seventeenth cousin once removed (and matrilineal third cousin), Adolphe. In het al genoemde interview met de Volkskrant stelt Oldenkamp dat het ‘algemeen bekend’ is dat Willem III twee jaar voor de geboorte van Wilhelmina syfilis opliep en daardoor geen kinderen meer kon krijgen met Emma. S.M.S.
Dat mislukte, en sindsdien leefde het paar gescheiden van tafel en bed. Deze was particulier secretaris van koningin Emma en werd later bij Koninklijk Besluit als Jonkheer in de adelstand verheven. [5] William III died in Het Loo in 1890.